Warner Bros. Added to iTunes

Warner Bros.' vast television library is now available for purchase and download on the iTunes Music Store. The new content includes shows such as "Friends," sci-fi epic "Babylon 5" and "MADtv," as well as animated classics including "The Jetsons" and "The Flintstones." Apple's iTunes store now offers over 150 TV shows for $1.99 per episode for viewing on a computer or iPod.http://www.itunes....

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Redback Posts Q2 Revenue of $68.2 million, up 18% over Q1

Redback Networks reported Q2 net revenue of $68.2 million, an increase of 18 percent from the first quarter of 2006. Net revenue was up $33.7 million, or 97 percent, over the second quarter of 2005.Redback Networks generated $112.8 million in cash in the second quarter of 2006, including $83.1 million from a secondary offering in May 2006.Including stock-based compensation expenses, GAAP net loss for the second quarter of 2006 was $1.8 million or $0.03 per share attributable to common stockholders compared to a GAAP net loss of $7.2 million or...

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Motorola Intros HSDPA and EV-DO Handsets

Motorola introduced its MOTORAZR xx, MOTORAZR maxx, and MOTOSLVR L7c handsets for wireless broadband. The MOTORAZR xx and MOTORAZR maxx - are High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) handsets that enable download speeds as fast as 3.6 Mbps. The MOTOSLVR L7c leverages EV-DO technology.Adding premium metal finishes and colors, plus HSDPA and EDGE technology, users can watch live streaming video over broadband-like connections and conduct two-way video...

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Agere Posts Revenue of $382 Million, Announces Share Buy-Back

Agere Systems reported GAAP net income of $47 million, or $0.27 per share, for the third quarter of fiscal 2006, above the company's April guidance. In the third quarter of fiscal 2005, Agere reported GAAP net income of $120 million, or $0.65 per share. The latest quarter included a $27 million tax benefit; the year-ago quarter had a tax benefit of $120 million. Revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2006 totaled $382 million.Richard Clemmer, President and CEO, said, "Agere Systems turned in a solid third quarter, demonstrating the leverage...

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Hutchison 3G Austria Selects Siemens for HSDPA

The Austrian mobile carrier Hutchison 3G (3), which is headquartered in Vienna, selected Siemens to build out its existing W-CDMA network. The carrier currently provides coverage for around 98 percent of Austria's population and offers W-CDMA services to around 50% of the country. By the end of 2007, plans call for some 95 percent of the country to benefit from HSDPA. The multimillion dollar deal is based on a turnkey contract comprising supply of the W-CDMA technology and a Managed Services.http://www.siemens.com/communicati...

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PT and Interphase to Deliver AdvancedTCA and MicroTCAT Products

Performance Technologies will partner with Interphase for select AdvancedMCT I/O modules for PT's application-ready platform solutions. The partnership aims to broaden Performance Technologies' Advanced Managed Platform by leveraging the company's Linux-based NexusWareT software suite for use with Interphase hardware elements. NexusWare will add additional value to these elements while offering a consistent software offering to that of other Performance Technologies products. Additionally, the partnership will allow Performance Technologies...

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ENUM Expected to Significantly Increase in Next 24 Months

The use of routing directories in telcos for IP services and telecom Web services will increase in the next 24 months, according to a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Nominum, citing leading telecom executives' views of ENUM and their respective plans for the build out of IP networks. ENUM is an emerging standard that facilitates voice call routing across IP networks by bridging the gap between traditional phone numbers...

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Wipro and Motorola Announce Joint Venture for Managed Services

Wipro Technologies and Motorola have formed a joint venture to deliver managed services to public and private network customers. The joint venture, named WMNetServ, will deliver outsourced telecom services to help customers focus on their core business and gain access to capabilities not available internally.The companies said WMNetServ is a strategic move that demonstrates a commitment to investing in services and offering new business opportunities to meet the changing needs of customers. Motorola's managed services portfolio helps customers...

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Level 3 Reports Second Quarter Results

Level 3 Communications reported consolidated Q2 revenue of $1.53 billion, compared to $1.27 billion for the first quarter 2006. Communications revenue was $819 million in the second quarter, versus $804 million for the previous quarter. Information services revenue was $695 million in the second quarter, compared to $445 million for the previous quarter and $504 million for the same quarter last year.The net loss for the second quarter 2006 was $201 million, or $0.23 per share, compared to a net loss of $168 million, or $0.20 per share, for the...

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Motorola to Acquire Broadbus for TV-on-Demand

Motorola, agreed to acquire Broadbus Technologies, a start-up offering solutions for Television On-Demand. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Broadbus has developed a solid-state server architecture that enables the distribution of on-demand content to consumers through multiple devices. The company's technology leverages intelligent configuration and management of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM). As a result, the platform can use less space and power than traditional hard-disk based technology, while providing performance,...

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CloudShield Delivers Content Control and Security for 10 GigE Networks

CloudShield Technologies introduced a platform designed to help large network operators control and secure their move to 10GbE architectures. Specifically, CloudShield will provide a scalable, multi-use, multi-function content processing solution for operator-specific control policy and application requirements. CloudShield's compact CS-2000 platform will inspect, analyze and control network content - including voice, video and data - at faster 10GbE rates.CloudShield's new Deep Packet Processing Module, the DPPM-800, supports a range of network...

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Regional Wholesale Transport Providers Deploy MetaSwitch for Core VoIP Networks

Wholesale transport providers MAIN and IRIS Networks are deploying MetaSwitch's softswitches in their fiber-optic networks. The two regional network operators manage a total of more than 4,400 fiber miles over which they each offer IP-based carrier services with TDM and IP hand-off to local exchange carriers, as well as regional and national inter-exchange carriers. Financial terms were not disclosed.MAIN (Montana Advanced Information Network), a division of Vision Net, and IRIS Networks, of Tennessee, were both established in the 1990s by consortia...

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Broadwing Appoints Stephen E. Courter New CEO

Broadwing appointed Stephen E. Courter as its new CEO and member of its Board of Directors. He previously served as Chairman and CEO of fiber-optic service provider Neon Communications until its merger with Globix Corporation in 2005. Prior to Neon, Mr. Courter served as CEO of Enertel in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and was also a Vice President for Sprint and Sprint International. Courter succeeds Dr. David Huber, Chairman of the Board, who transitioned out of the CEO role earlier this year. Mr. Courter will be supported by the senior management...

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Boingo Adds Taipei's City-Wide Wi-Fi Net to Roaming System

Boingo Wireless announced a roaming agreement with Q-Ware Systems of Taiwan that adds its network of Wi-Fi hot spots -- including Taipei City's WIFLY city-wide wireless network -- to the worldwide Boingo Roaming System. Boingo is the first foreign service provider to be granted roaming access to the WIFLY network. As a result, Boingo Roaming System subscribers traveling to the country will now be able to access both the Taipei City metro Wi-Fi network and all Starbucks locations across Taiwan through their easy-to-use Boingo software. The Taipei...

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IEEE Forms Higher Speed Study Group for Next Gen Ethernet

The Ethernet Alliance, an industry group dedicated to the continued success and expansion of Ethernet technology, today announced that the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 802.3 working group has formed the Higher Speed Study Group (HSSG) to evaluate the requirements for the next generation of Ethernet technology. Current 10GbE technology is being widely deployed in Internet exchanges to provide the capacity to accommodate bandwidth-intensive applications like IPTV and personalized content. Additionally, early use of 10GbE...

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AT&T U-Verse Rollout Targeted for 15-20 Markets by Year End, 342,000 New DSL in Q2

AT&T reported Q2 earnings per diluted share of $0.46 on a reported basis, up 53.3 percent versus the year-earlier quarter. Before merger-related costs, earnings per diluted share were $0.58, up 34.9 percent versus comparable adjusted results in the second quarter of 2005. This marked AT&T's fifth consecutive quarter of double-digit growth in earnings per share before merger-related costs. Second-quarter net income totaled $1.8 billion on a reported basis, up 80.8 percent from the year-earlier quarter. Before merger-related costs, earnings...

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Lucent and ICS Telecom Win $50 Million US DOJ Contract

Lucent Technologies and ICS Telecom (ICS) are one of two teams awarded a multiple award, multi-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract from the Executive Offices of the U.S. Attorney (EOUSA) in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). The 7-year contract is valued at up to $50 million and includes the planned migration to a secure VoIP network, in addition to providing traditional telephony equipment and maintenance services.The converged EOUSA communications network will support 260 offices throughout every state and U.S. territory....

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Firetide Announces Wireless Mesh/RFID for Automobile Dealerships

Firetide Inc., a developer of wireless mesh networks, is offering a customized solution for automobile dealerships. Bob Lewis Automotive, which has dealerships in San Jose and Newark, California, deployed Firetide's wireless mesh to enable outdoor operation of its key and inventory management system. The system utilizes the wireless mesh to create a property-wide wireless infrastructure to support the dealership's new KeyWhere Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tracking system that maintains live data on any vehicle on the lot. The KeyWhere...

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3G Americas Publishes White Paper on IMS

3G Americas, the industry association whose mission is to promote and facilitate the deployment throughout the Americas of GSM and its evolution to 3G , has published a white paper that focuses specifically on IMS architecture, as defined by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), as the new application enabler for IP-based multimedia services.The paper, entitled IMS: Application Enabler and UMTS/HSPA Growth Catalyst, addresses the ways in which 3GPP IMS architecture is best suited for the blending of real-time and non real-time multimedia...

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Motorola and Huawei Create UMTS Venture

Motorola and Huawei Technologies announced a joint venture to bring an enhanced and extensive portfolio of UMTS and HSPA infrastructure equipment to customers worldwide. The companies will establish a joint research and development center in Shanghai, China, where employees from both companies will work on development of the architecture and portfolio of products and services. Motorola will contribute to the collaboration its services expertise in network design, deployment and integration as well as providing value added services such as network...

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